C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 16335	4.203	03h 30m 34s	+47° 59’ 42”
Star	HIP 16011	7.4928	03h 26m 10s	+48° 23’ 02”
Star	HIP 16574	8.2212	03h 33m 22s	+47° 25’ 19”
Star	HIP 16452	8.2158	03h 31m 55s	+48° 35’ 01”
Star	HIP 16137	7.2528	03h 27m 55s	+47° 44’ 09”
Star	HIP 16430	6.7754	03h 31m 33s	+47° 51’ 44”
Star	HIP 16340	5.8172	03h 30m 36s	+48° 06’ 13”
Star	HIP 16326	7.0656	03h 30m 26s	+47° 03’ 47”
Star	HIP 16318	8.8704	03h 30m 19s	+48° 29’ 57”
Star	HIP 16499	5.2726	03h 32m 26s	+46° 03’ 25”
Star	HIP 16079	6.8554	03h 27m 05s	+48° 12’ 20”
Star	HIP 16036	8.1586	03h 26m 32s	+47° 15’ 59”
Star	HIP 15971	8.8852	03h 25m 37s	+47° 01’ 14”
Star	HIP 16927	8.8584	03h 37m 50s	+47° 05’ 39”
Star	HIP 16199	7.9556	03h 28m 41s	+47° 22’ 20”
Star	HIP 16782	6.8854	03h 35m 58s	+47° 05’ 27”
Star	HIP 16570	6.5788	03h 33m 20s	+47° 57’ 00”
Star	HIP 16869	7.532	03h 37m 04s	+47° 15’ 41”
Star	HIP 16275	7.6466	03h 29m 49s	+47° 58’ 36”
Star	HIP 16563	8.2178	03h 33m 13s	+46° 15’ 28”
Star	HIP 15684	8.362	03h 22m 03s	+47° 56’ 04”
Star	HIP 16470	5.4698	03h 32m 08s	+48° 01’ 24”
Star	HIP 16790	7.2178	03h 36m 04s	+46° 35’ 04”
Star	HIP 16644	8.8878	03h 34m 09s	+46° 50’ 57”
Star	HIP 16252	6.2202	03h 29m 26s	+46° 56’ 16”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS)

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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